Mercury Audit Checklist
Assessment for Mercury Free Zone Schools

Hazardous Waste Program fact sheet

03/2017

Division of Environmental Quality Director: Ed Galbraith

PUB2173

School Name: _______ City: _
Contact Name : _ Phone No:

For help with mercury disposal or technical assistance in handling a mercury spill, please contact the
Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Environmental Services Program spill hotline at 573-634-2436.It may be easier to use a separate checklist for each classroom or chemical storage area.

Science Classrooms, Chemical Storage Areas and Home Economics Rooms

Item
(list temperature ranges for thermometers)

Location

How Many?

Estimated Total Weight?

Do you still use it?

Mercury Lab Thermometers ( - ) °F

Mercury Lab Thermometers ( - ) °F

Mercury Lab Thermometers ( - ) °F

Mercury Lab Thermometers ( - ) °F

Mercury Lab Thermometers ( - ) °F

Mercury Lab Thermometers ( - ) °F

Mercury Barometers

Mercury Vacuum Gauges (Manometers)

Mercury Spectral Tubes

Mercury Hygrometer

Mercury Compounds

Mercury Oxide

Mercury Chloride

Mercury Sulfate

Mercury Nitrate

Mercury Iodide

Nessler’s Reagent

Million’s Solution

Elemental Mercury

Mercury Spill Kit, contaminated

Mercury Cooking Thermometers ( - ) °F

Mercury Thermometers for freezers, refrig., etc

Other Mercury (describe) -

Nurse’s Office and Medical Supplies

Item

Location

How Many?

Estimated Total Weight?

Do you still use it?

Mercury Fever Thermometers

Hg Sphygmomanometers (Blood Pressure)

Mercurochrome

Contact Lens Solution (with Thimerosal)

Other Mercury (describe) -

Facilities

Item

Location

How Many?

Estimated Total Weight?

Do you still use it?

Mercury Thermostats

Mercury Vapor Lamps or Metal Halide Lamps

Fluorescent Bulbs

“Silent” Light Switches

Mercury Gauges

Mercury Float Control Switches

Flow Meters with Mercury Switches

Older Fungicides or Pesticides (pre–1991)

Other Mercury-Containing Equipment -

Additional Questions

Answers

If your school uses fluorescent bulbs, are they sent to a facility for recycling?

Does your school have a written procedure for handling mercury spills?

If yes, where are the kits kept?

Nothing in this document may be used to implement any enforcement action or levy any penalty unless promulgated by rule under chapter 536 or authorized by statute.